The Panel Applets
What is an Applet?
If you look at the Ubuntu menu, you'll notice that programs are called applications. Given that hint, you can probably guess that an applet is just a very small application. Panel applets are small, single-purpose programs which sit in your panel. They may be used to monitor some aspect of your computer, give you information about other computers on the network, or just indicate the weather in your area. Sometimes applets give you an easy-to-access interface for a common program like a dictionary, search, notes, blogger or calculator. In these cases, clicking on the panel applet pulls down a small version of the larger program. Clicking again hides the program.
Let's look at how to add a panel applet and go through descriptions of the common applets one by one.
How to Add an Applet to the Panel
The Ubuntu desktop, based on the Gnome (pronounced Ga-nome) Dektop Project, is amazingly predictable and consistent.
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